He will guide a diverse community of faculty, research scientists, postdocs and students who are focused on questions arising from the genome revolution.

He is an expert on the biology of parasitism and host-pathogen interactions using genomic and bioinformatics approaches.

The organization's highest award, the Bowie Medal, was established in 1939 in honor of AGU’s first president who was known for his spirit of helpfulness and friendliness while conducting his own unselfish, cooperative research.

He was recognized for his leadership in the development of algorithms for analyzing metagenomic data, particularly in the context of metagenome assembly and identification of structural variants in assembly graphs.

Hall has been awarded funding from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to develop a wearable device that will potentially lead to therapeutic interventions for patients suffering from gastrointestinal disorders like Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) and Inflammatory Bowel Disease.

An invention developed by Rita Colwell has the potential to help save millions of lives, giving public health officials an added tool in the fight against pathogens.

Adam Phillippy and Michael Schatz are being recognized for their leadership in completing the first full sequence of the human genome.

The $2.7M award will be spread across four years, supporting his team’s ongoing work that uses machine learning techniques to interpret “multiomics” data.

Rita Colwell’s distinguished career culminates in project predicting and preventing cholera.

He will continue to lead the highly successful multidisciplinary center, which is ranked fourth in the nation for bioinformatics and computational biology.